Jordan to suspend in-school learning amid rise in coronavirus cases

Jordan to suspend in-school learning amid rise in coronavirus cases

Jordan to suspend in-school learning amid rise in coronavirus cases

Jordan to suspend in-school learning amid rise in coronavirus cases

Jordanian students, wearing protective masks, wait in line on the first day of school on Sept. 1, 2020. (AFP)

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Jordan to suspend in-school learning amid rise in coronavirus cases

The country reported 1,507 new coronavirus cases overnight

Updated 07 October 2020

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DUBAI: In-school learning in Jordan will be suspended from Friday until further notice, the country's education minister said.

Complimentary exams for secondary school students however will be held on time, with the exact dates for the tests to be announced sometime next week, chief education official Tayseer Noaimi said in a report from state news agency Petra.

The country reported 1,507 new coronavirus cases overnight, pushing its caseload to 19,000. Most of the confirmed infections